Cucumber Reports (no 60) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_7929-celluloid-flatpak	60	12 Jun 2026, 14:30

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:25.771	Passed

19.205

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.017

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.016

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.071

When the network is plugged 0.031

And I successfully configure Tor 12.065

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.315

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.719

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.594

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.029

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.018

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.336

When the network is plugged 0.024

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.374

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.517

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.247

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.093

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.219

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.941

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.019

Scenario Clock is one day in the future while using obfs4 bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.028

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.022

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.406

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.209

And I capture all network traffic 0.022

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.798

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.573

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.588

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.349

Output 1

Warning: these queries were allowed but not needed: ["fedoraproject.org."]

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.218

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.037

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.050

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:0.985

Scenario The system time is not synced to the hardware clock

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.024

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.022

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.362

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.227

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 53.017

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.372

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.126

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.832

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:4.972

Scenario Anti-test: Changes to the hardware clock are kept when rebooting

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.011

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.027

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.329

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.661

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 55.206

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.770

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.079

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.621

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

37.387

Scenario The clock is set to the source date when the hardware clock is way in the past

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.020

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.030

Steps

Given a computer 0.190

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.037

And I start the computer 0.860

And the computer boots Tails 35.949

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.349

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.083

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.681

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.463

Scenario On a clock with host's time, Tor Connection works even if time sync fails

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.016

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.019

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.945

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.165

When the network is plugged 0.016

And I successfully configure Tor 19.291

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.307

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.963

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.487

Scenario I can manually recover from time sync failure when connecting automatically to obfs4 bridges with a clock East of UTC

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.020

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.019

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.541

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.167

And all notifications have disappeared 3.636

And I capture all network traffic 0.021

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.068

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.227

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.598

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.230

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.104

# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.705

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.456

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.136

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.142

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.384

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.243

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.988

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.051

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.373

Scenario I can connect to obfs4 bridges having a clock East of UTC while hiding that I am using Tor

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.047

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.020

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.441

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.207

And all notifications have disappeared 3.553

And I capture all network traffic 0.049

And the network is plugged 0.033

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.230

# Anti-test: Users east of UTC can't connect to obfs4 bridges

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in hide mode without connecting 4.091

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.288

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.581

# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.165

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.422

# "Asia/Shanghai" is UTC+08:00 all year long (no DST)

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.301

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.258

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.103

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.332

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.057

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.254

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.229

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.658

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.038

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.281

Scenario Time sync before Tor connects sets the same headers as the NetworkManager connectivity check

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.026

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.018

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.184

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.191

And the network is plugged 0.023

And Tor is ready 8.386

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.000

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.471

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.000

And the HTTP requests received by the fake connectivity check service are identical 0.024

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.339

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.657

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

	Steps						Scenarios			Features
Feature	Passed	Failed	Skipped	Pending	Undefined	Total	Passed	Failed	Total	Duration	Status
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:25.771	Passed

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